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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the authority of the Railroad Commission of Texas to designate certain persons as the operator of an orphaned oil or gas well."
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description: "Relating to the authority of the Railroad Commission of Texas to designate certain persons as the operator of an orphaned oil or gas well."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "89R"
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identifier: "SB 1762"
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citation: "Texas SB 1762 (89R)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Energy--Conservation (I0317)", "Energy--Geothermal (IP9BV)", "Oil & Gas (I0545)", "RAILROAD COMMISSION (V0089)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Blanco", "Darby"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 51
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-28"
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last_action: "2025-06-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74cddb24-49dd-462a-8cb0-a0b2b07485b0"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01700_SB01799/SB 1762.xml"
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source_hash: "ceebfedd0155dfb5a3c413a86b0e39c343cafccc652a786687e9e58b2457d087"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
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---
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# Texas SB 1762 (89R) — Relating to the authority of the Railroad Commission of Texas to designate certain persons as the operator of an orphaned oil or gas well.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01762I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01762E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01762H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01762S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01762F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **140–0** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Blanco — primary (person)
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- Darby — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-28** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-02-28** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-03-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-03-13** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-25** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2025-03-25** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-03-25** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2025-03-25** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-04-03** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-04-03** Vote taken in committee
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- **2025-04-07** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-07** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-04-08** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2025-04-09** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2025-04-10** Not again placed on intent calendar
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- **2025-04-16** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-04-16** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
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- **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-04-16** Three day rule suspended
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- **2025-04-16** Record vote
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- **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-16** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-04-16** Record vote
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- **2025-04-16** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-04-17** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-04-22** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-07** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2025-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-05-12** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-05-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-05-15** Considered in Calendars
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- **2025-05-19** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2025-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-19** Postponed
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- **2025-05-20** Laid out as postponed business
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- **2025-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2025-05-20** Record vote
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- **2025-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-21** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-21** Record vote
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- **2025-05-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-21** House passage reported `passage`
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- **2025-05-21** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-05-22** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-06-20** Effective immediately `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74cddb24-49dd-462a-8cb0-a0b2b07485b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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